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2017 - Puzzle 15
JUST THE FACTS
(AND ONE LIE) ABOUT...
FOUR
Four of these are right, in that they’re
right about the number four...
1 The Fantastic Four is a team of
fictional superheroes who have
appeared in Marvel Comics since 1961.
The members of the team are Mister
Fantastic, Invisible Woman, the
Human Torch and the Thing.
2 Mount Rushmore National Memorial
is a sculpture that is actually carved
into the rock of Mount Rushmore,
in the Black Hills of North Dakota.
It depicts the heads of former US
presidents George Washington,
Thomas Jefferson, Franklin D
Roosevelt and Abraham Lincoln.
3 Teletubbies is a children’s TV show
set in Tellytubbyland. Its stars are
four colourful beings whose names
are Tinky Winky (purple), Laa-Laa
(yellow), Dipsy (green) and Po (red).
4 Japan is made up of more than
6000 islands, four of which are very
large. These are: Hokkaido, Honshu,
Shikoku and Kyushu.
by Michael Weldon
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ADDER’S COIL
by Wylie Ideas
wylieideas.com.au
Place a number in each empty
square to make a path through
squares of the grid following the
numbers 1 to 9 in order, repeated
as many times as necessary.
After 9, start again with 1.
The path tracks through adjacent
squares horizontally or vertically,
but not diagonally, to form a
continuous loop that does not
cross itself, split or reach a
dead-end at any point.
Solution next edition!
HOW TO PLAY
BY LINGO!
-ISH Words change over time, but so can individual parts of words. The suffix -ish
originated in the Germanic languages to indicate nationality; things like British,
Danish, Swedish. It then broadened to indicate a general characteristic: ghoulish,
childish. You might recognise a similarity with -ish’s classier French cousin -esque, in
words like grotesque or Kafka-esque. This comes from Medieval Latin -iscus, which
was borrowed from Germanic. The suffix -ish can also be used with adjectives or time,
where it gives a sense of being only “somewhat” like the property; greenish isn’t very
green, going to bed at two-ish is a rather late night. It is now also breaking away; ask
someone if they’re tired after going to bed so late and they might reply “ish”.
by Lauren Gawne (lingthusiasm.com)
PUZZLES
2017 - Puzzle 23
Answer: No 2. Mount Rushmore is in South Dakota
and the Roosevelt depicted is Theodore.
ADDER’S COIL SOLUTIONS #552